Tag: san diego
USS Midway
Two years ago I only had time for this picture, but today I had a chance to properly see the USS Midway (see also here).
It's easy to spend 3-4 hours on the ships various decks listening to the audio-guide. I could have done without the birds hovering over my lunch at the cafe, but otherwise this was an excellent visit!
San Diego, California
I'm in San Diego for the SPIE Optics & Photonics meeting. More specifically Kishan Dholakia and Gabe Spaldning put together the Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV conference, where I was the last (but not least?) speaker. Overall the meeting has a dual character with a lot of technical content (like lens- or mechanics-design, CCD/CMOS imaging, etc.) but also a strong academic following with 'plasmonics' and 'nanobiotronics' being the buzzwords of the month. Supposedly the attendance is around 5 000 persons, but it felt less crowded than the Biophysical Society meetings (3 - 4 000 people), maybe because people were spread out over many more sessions.
Travelling via JFK my baggage was delayed about 36 h, but otherwise the trip went fine.
